08.08.2013 16:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Book publishers also not happy with DOJ's proposal for Apple in e-book price fixing case

Following US District Judge Denise Cote's decision that Apple conspired with book publishers to raise the price of e-books, the DOJ last week announced a sweeping proposal aimed at remedying the fallout from Apple's allegedly "illegal" activities. The proposal, which you can read about here, is extremely broad and curiously heavy handed. The proposal reads in part: The department's proposal, if approved by the court, will require Apple to terminate its existing agreements with the five major publishers with which it conspired - Hachette Book Group (USA), HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as Macmillan, Penguin Group (USA) Inc. and Simon & Schuster Inc. - and to refrain for five

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